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- DirectorLee Su-jinStarsChun Woo-heeJung In-sunKim So-youngHan Gong-Ju transfers to a new school to escape her past. It takes a long time for her troubled past to catch up with her but when it does, the revelation is devastating.
- DirectorChan-kyong ParkStarsKim Eun-jooKeum-Hwa KimKwon Nam-heeA life documentary of a woman who was shunned for being possessed by spirits as a girl, oppressed for following superstitions as an adult, how she grows to be a great shaman who embraces the pain of all people, and how she comes to be honored as a national treasure of Korea with her outstanding artistic talents throughout Korea's tumultuous history.
- DirectorWoo-seok YangStarsSong Kang-hoKwak Do-wonIm Si-wanAn ambitious tax attorney decides to represent an old friend in court.
- DirectorHwang Dong-hyukStarsShim Eun-kyungNa Moon-heePark In-hwanA 74-year-old widow realizes she is becoming a burden on her family. She mysteriously regains her physical appearance from the age of 20.
- DirectorJae-eun JeongStarsGu-yon Chung
- DirectorHwan-kyung LeeStarsRyu Seung-ryongKal So-wonOh Dal-suA story about the love between a mentally-ill father and his lovingly adorable daughter.
- DirectorYi-kwan KangStarsSeo Yeong-juLee Jung-hyunKang Rae-yeonA juvenile offender Ji-gu reunites with his young mom who he thought was dead.
- DirectorYôichi SaiStarsTakeshi KitanoHirofumi AraiTomoko TabataIn 1923, the Korean teenager Kim Shun-Pei moves from Cheju Island, in South Korea, to Osaka, in Japan. Along the years, he becomes a cruel, greedy and violent man and builds a factory of kamaboko, processed seafood products, in his poor Korean-Japanese community exploiting his employees. He makes fortune, abuses and destroys the lives of his wife and family, having many mistresses and children and showing no respect to anybody. Later he closes the factory, lending the money with high interests and becoming a loan shark. His hatred behavior remains until his last breath, alone in North Korea.
- DirectorHong-soo ParkStarsChoi Seung-hyunHan Ye-riYun Je-munThe son of a North Korean spy decides to follow in his father's footsteps to protect his little sister.
- DirectorMeul OStarsMin-chul SungJung-won YangYoung-soon OhIn 1950's, a populace of a South Korean island rebels against police brutality. The protesters are labeled as communists and the army is dispatched. One small village will be hit especially hard that day. Based on historical events.
- DirectorSu-won ShinStarsLee Da-witSung JunJo Sung-haPluto is a story of the extremes elite high school seniors are prepared to go to guarantee entry into prestigious universities, and asks what could possibly turn an innocent boy into a monster. June, a transfer student into an elite school, is driven to despair by the year's first examination results. One day he discovers that a mysterious clique of fellow students are sharing secret notebooks, which contain important exam information. In order to get his hands on the notebooks he begs the members of the secret circle to include him. They task him with a series of missions to earn them, turning June into a monster in the process.
- DirectorKwang-kuk LeeStarsKim Young-pilShin Dong-miLee Chae-eunWhere to start? With the filmmaker who was cruelly dumped in a rural town and told to seek fresh inspiration there? With the energetic waitress who is willing to give him more than coffee in return for payment and has a talent for telling stories? For instance about Romance Joe, whom she had interrupted a little earlier as he tried to commit suicide in his hotel room, and who also wanted to make films? It may even start with Romance Joe's squabbling parents. In all these intertwined stories, we keep seeing a different narrator. For instance, Romance Joe himself remembers a childhood love that he never dared to pursue. Then there's the little boy who is looking for his mother who ran away.
- DirectorChang-min ChooStarsLee Soon-jaeSo-jeong YunSong Jae-hoThe lives of two couples who live in the same neighborhood.
- DirectorKim Sung-suStarsJang HyukSoo AeMin-ah ParkChaos ensues when a lethal, airborne virus infects the population of a South Korean city less than 20 kilometers from Seoul.
- DirectorCheol-su ParkStarsBae Jang-sooJeon Soo-hwanThis film consists of 19 episodes on sexuality. It's an experimental mixed genre, which ranges from a rap song to a dance and a short drama. A main female character appears from the first episode to the last, and the film can be read as her journal or diary.
- DirectorJeon Kyu-hwanStarsLee Joon-hyukSeong-tae OhSeong-Tae OhOh Sung-Chul has been released on parole. He wears an ankle bracelet that monitors his movements as well as reminding himself of his horrifying past deeds. Sung-Chul lives in an apartment complex about to be demolished. He loses his construction job and is screwed over for half of his last paycheck. He takes medication to suppress his urges. Kim Hyung-Do is a religious family man who runs a printing company. The printing business is going through hard times. Kim Hyung-Do also goes through heavy emotional turmoil due to a horrendous crime inflicted upon his daughter by Oh Sung-Chul. On a fateful day, Hyung-Do spots Sung-Chul out on the street.
- DirectorJang Kun-jaeStarsSoo-hyeon KimKim Joo-ryungKim Su Hyeon and Kim Ju Ryong play a married couple of two years who are just trying to get by in their daily lives and make things work. They think about having a child, but money is a concern and the pressure from those around them doesn't help.
- DirectorLee Jeong-beomStarsJang Dong-gunKim Min-heeBrian TeeA hit man traumatized from accidentally killing a young girl during a job is given the mission to eliminate her mother, and begins the ultimate fight to save her life.